How to save and edit a file using JavaScript?

Question

I want a user of my website to enter some text in a text area and when he submits the form, the text that he entered be stored in a .txt file that is present in same directo

Answer 1

This one might help you.

http://wcetdesigns.com/tutorials/2012/11/01/edit-save-file.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20131210151034/http://wcetdesigns.com/tutorials/2012/11/01/edit-save-file.html

edit.php, file where users can edit using the textarea tag.






<?php

$fn = "blank.html"; //FILE TO BE EDITED (FILENAME EDITABLE)
$file = fopen($fn, "r+"); //OPENS IT
$fr = fread($file, 1000000); //READS IT
fclose($file); //CLOSE CONNECTIONS
echo $fr; //SHOWS THE EDITABLE FILE HERE

?>







view file


save.php, file where the saving process will take place.
 

Javascript doesn't have access to file system so you must use some server side language like PHP as in the given example